Mindfields
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{{Infobox album
| name = Mindfields
| type = studio
| artist = Toto
| cover = Toto Mindfields.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1999|3}} (EU, JP){{cite web|url=http://www.toto99.com/retro/1998-2000/news/archive1999.htm|title=Official Toto News Archive}}
{{Start date|1999|11|16}} (US)
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = {{flatlist|
- Royaltone Studios
- ATS Studios
- Hollywood Sound Recorders}}
| length = {{Duration|m=79|s=37}}
| label = Legacy
| producer = Toto, Elliot Scheiner
| prev_title = Toto XX
| prev_year = 1998
| next_title = Livefields
| next_year = 1999
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Mindfields
| type = studio
| single1 = Melanie
| single1date = 1999
}}
}}
Mindfields is the tenth studio album (though counted as the 11th album overall — see Toto XIV) by the American rock band Toto. It was released in Europe and Japan in March 1999, followed by a US release on November 16, 1999. Mindfields saw the return of vocalist Bobby Kimball, who had departed the band in 1984 during recording sessions for the Isolation album.
Reception
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|1.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r445049|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]
|rev2 = Q
|rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite journal |first=Howard |last=Johnson |title=Review: Toto - Mind Fields [sic] |journal=Q |publisher=EMAP Metro Ltd |issue=July 1999 |page=125}}
}}
The album received mixed reviews from critics. Michael Gallucci of AllMusic wrote: "Overlong, overwrought, and devoid of personality, this incredibly dull world-view update of Toto's crassly professional sound manages to pillage several cultures at once without contributing a single song worth remembering. The playing is tight—as you would expect from a bunch of studio session musicians—but all the skills in the world can't liven these 14 plodding tracks."
Track listing
= 1999 Release =
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Lead Vocals
| title1 = After You've Gone
| writer1 = Steve Lukather, Phil Soussan
| extra1 = Steve Lukather
| length1 = 6:37
| title2 = Mysterious Ways
| writer2 = Dean Grakal, Mark Hudson, Lukather, David Paich
| extra2 = Bobby Kimball and Lukather
| length2 = 3:42
| title3 = Mindfields
| writer3 = Bobby Kimball, Lukather, Paich, Simon Phillips, Mike Porcaro
| extra3 = Kimball
| length3 = 6:04
| title4 = High Price of Hate
| note4 = 1
| writer4 = Lukather, Stan Lynch, Paich, Phillips, Porcaro
| extra4 = Kimball
| length4 = 9:221
| title5 = Selfish
| writer5 = Lukather, Lynch, Paich
| extra5 = Kimball
| length5 = 5:30
| title6 = No Love
| writer6 = Randy Goodrum, Paich, Lukather
| extra6 = Lukather
| length6 = 4:34
| title7 = Caught in the Balance
| writer7 = Kimball, Lukather, Lynch, Paich, Phillips, Porcaro
| extra7 = Kimball
| length7 = 6:21
| title8 = Last Love
| writer8 = Lukather, Paich
| extra8 = Lukather
| length8 = 4:58
| title9 = Mad About You
| writer9 = Paich, Joseph Williams
| extra9 = Kimball
| length9 = 4:24
| title10 = One Road
| writer10 = Goodrum, Lukather, Paich
| extra10 = Kimball
| length10 = 3:45
| title11 = Melanie
| writer11 = Goodrum, Lukather, Paich
| extra11 = Lukather
| length11 = 5:19
| title12 = Cruel
| writer12 = Kimball, Jed Leiber, Lukather, Phillips
| extra12 = Kimball
| length12 = 5:57
| title13 = Better World (Parts I, II & III)
| writer13 = Lukather, Paich, Phillips
| extra13 = Lukather
| length13 = 7:50
| total_length = 74:42
}}
= 1999 Bonus Tracks =
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Lead Vocals
| title14 = Spanish Steps of Rome
| note14 = 2
| writer14 = Lukather, Paich
| extra14 = David Paich
| length14 = 4:28
| total_length = 79:10
}}
1 On some copies of the album, a longer version of "High Price of Hate" was used with a length of 9:49.
= 2018 All In Remaster =
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| extra_column = Lead Vocals
| title1 = Cruel
| note1 = 3
| writer1 = Bobby Kimball, Jed Lieber, Steve Lukather, Simon Phillips
| extra1 = Bobby Kimball
| length1 = 5:55
| title2 = Mysterious Ways
| writer2 = Dean Grakal, Mark Hudson, Lukather, David Paich
| extra2 = Kimball, Steve Lukather
| length2 = 3:40
| title3 = Mindfields
| writer3 = Kimball, Lukather, Paich, Phillips, Mike Porcaro
| extra3 = Kimball
| length3 = 6:03
| title4 = High Price of Hate
| writer4 = Lukather, Stan Lynch, Paich, Phillips, Porcaro
| extra4 = Kimball
| length4 = 9:49
| title5 = Selfish
| writer5 = Lukather, Lynch, Paich
| extra5 = Kimball
| length5 = 5:31
| title6 = No Love
| writer6 = Randy Goodrum, Paich, Lukather
| extra6 = Lukather
| length6 = 4:36
| title7 = Caught In The Balance
| writer7 = Kimball, Lukather, Lynch, Paich, Phillips, Porcaro
| extra7 = Kimball
| length7 = 6:21
| title8 = Last Love
| writer8 = Lukather, Paich
| extra8 = Lukather
| length8 = 5:00
| title9 = Mad About You
| writer9 = Paich, Joseph Williams
| extra9 = Kimball
| length9 = 4:26
| title10 = One Road
| writer10 = Goodrum, Lukather, Paich
| extra10 = Kimball
| length10 = 3:48
| title11 = Melanie
| writer11 = Goodrum, Lukather, Paich
| extra11 = Lukather
| length11 = 5:21
| title12 = After You've Gone
| note12 = 3
| writer12 = Lukather, Phil Soussan
| extra12 = Lukather
| length12 = 6:38
| title13 = Better World
| note13 = 4
| writer13 = Lukather, Paich, Phillips
| extra13 = Lukather
| length13 = 7:41
| title14 = Spanish Steps
| note14 = 5
| writer14 = Lukather, Paich
| extra14 = David Paich
| length14 = 4:28
| total_length = 79:37
}}
3 Track 1 ("Cruel") and 12 ("After You've Gone") switched places
4 Track 13 ("Better World") was originally titled "Better World (Parts I, II and III)"
5 Track 14 ("Spanish Steps") was originally titled "Spanish Steps of Rome"
Personnel
Adapted from album's liner notes.{{cite AV media notes|title= Mindfields |year= 1999 |type= booklet |publisher= Legacy}}
Toto
- Steve Lukather – guitars, lead vocals {{small|(tracks 1, 2, 6, 8, 11, 13)}}, backing vocals {{small|(tracks 1, 4, 6, 8, 10–14)}}
- David Paich – keyboards, horn arrangements {{small|(tracks 2, 5)}}, backing vocals {{small|(tracks 3, 8)}}, slide guitar solo {{small|(track 5)}}, lead vocals {{small|(track 14)}}
- Mike Porcaro – bass guitar, cello {{small|(track 1)}}
- Simon Phillips – drums, tabla {{small|(track 1)}}, percussion {{small|(tracks 5, 6, 8, 10, 13)}}, loops {{small|(track 11)}}, backing vocals {{small|(track 13)}}
- Bobby Kimball – lead vocals {{small|(tracks 2–5, 7, 9, 10, 12)}} backing vocals {{small|(tracks 3, 4, 8–10, 12, 13)}}
Guest musicians
- Steve Porcaro – keyboards {{small|(tracks 7, 11)}}
- Clint Black – harmonica and backing vocals {{small|(track 6)}}
- Lenny Castro – percussion {{small|(tracks 1–3, 9, 11, 13–14)}}
- Jim Horn – horns {{small|(tracks 2, 5, 12)}}
- Tom Scott – horns {{small|(tracks 2, 5, 12)}}, horn arrangements {{small|(track 12)}}
- Bill Reichenbach Jr. – horns {{small|(tracks 2, 5, 12)}}
- Chuck Findley – horns {{small|(tracks 2, 5, 12)}}
- Gary Grant – horns {{small|(tracks 2, 5, 12)}}
- Mark Hudson – backing vocals {{small|(tracks 1, 2, 5)}}
- Timothy B. Schmit – backing vocals {{small|(tracks 1, 2, 5, 11)}}
- Phil Soussan – backing vocals {{small|(track 1)}}
- Richard Page – backing vocals {{small|(tracks 3, 7, 9, 12)}}
- Chris Thompson – backing vocals {{small|(tracks 6, 8, 10, 11, 13)}}
- Maria Vidal – backing vocals {{small|(track 14)}}
Production
- Producers – Toto and Elliot Scheiner
- Recorded by Eric Cowden, Steve Genewick, Steve MacMillan, Charles Paakari, Elliot Scheiner, Al Schmitt, Jess Sutcliffe and Jeff Thomas.
- Mixed by Elliot Scheiner at Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA).
- Mastered and Sequenced by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound (New York, NY).
- Editing by Steve MacMillan
- Production Coordination – Shari Sutcliffe
- Copyist – Dan Ferguson
- Creative Director – Doug Brown
Singles
- Melanie / Spanish Steps Of Rome
References
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